AIA Continental Europe Update

In 2018, AIA Europe hosted two terrific conferences in Pristina, Kosovo, and Budapest Hungary, organized by chapter members Bard Rama, Int'l Assoc. AIA and Nora Demeter,  Int'l Assoc. AIA, respectively. 

 We also lost one of our founding members, Alan Schwartzman, FAIA who left us in March. His memory will live on in the AIA Europe Scholarship and we are glad to carry on his legacy in this way. 

 The Board created a new committee for Emerging Professionals and elected Carrie Wilbert, Assoc. AIA to this important new position to engage in outreach to new young members.

 Amanda Bryant was our brilliant 2018 AIA Continental Europe Scholarship recipient and she gave us a great presentation at the Budapest conference.

 This year also marked the last term of Sandra Zettersten, AIA as treasurer after four years of dedicated service. The AIA Europe Board of Directors thanks Sandra for all her great work and welcomes member Ali Yapicioglu, AIA,
 to replace her in 2019.

 The chapter was also fortunate to be represented at numerous international events by Chapter President Carsten Hanssen, Int'l. Assoc. AIA, including Grassroots in San Diego, EE Global Conference in Copenhagen with 2018 National president Karl Elefante, A'18 Conference in New York City, and the AIA International Region Conference in Singapore. 

 We are pleased to announce here the 2019 AIA Europe Board of Directors:

 President

Les Jordan, AIA, Vienna, Austria

 
First Vice President

Bard Rama, Int’l. Assoc. AIA, Bremen, Germany

 

Vice President

Stefan Bieri, Int’l. Assoc. AIA, Lucerne, Switzerland     

 

Secretary

Jake Spruit, AIA, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Treasurer

Ali Yapicioglu, AIA, Girne, North Cyprus

 

French Section Director

Alireza Razavi, AIA, Paris, France

 

Northern Europe Section Director

Ryan Wakat, Assoc. AIA, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Switzerland Section Director

Bari Wetmore Salathe, AIA + Roland Busenhart, AIA, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

 

Southern Europe Section Director

Sophia Gruzdys, AIA, Barcelona, Spain

 

Eastern Europe Section Director

Alexis Sanaal, AIA, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Germany Section  Director

Eddie Johnson, AIA, Wiesbaden, Germany

 

Italy Section Director  

Royce Lanier, AIA, Montepulciano, Italy